Switch 2 Sales Jump to 247,880 in Japan Before Price Hike

Switch 2 sold 247,880 units in Japan during the week of May 18–24, lifting lifetime Switch 2 sales to 5,833,462. The weekly total rose from roughly 218,000 the prior week.

Hardware figures for the seven-day reporting period show the PlayStation 5 Digital Edition in second place with 6,049 units. Combined PS5 models totaled 8,673 units. Three Switch 1 variants-the Switch Lite, the original Switch and the Switch OLED-sold a combined 9,539 units, with individual weekly totals of 4,433 for Switch Lite, 2,731 for the original Switch and 2,375 for the Switch OLED. Other console figures for the week included PlayStation 5 Pro at 1,862 units and the standard PlayStation 5 at 762. Xbox Series sales were lower: Series X Digital Edition 455, Series X 331 and Series S 91. Reported lifetime totals for the listed models include 5,833,462 for Switch 2, 1,296,293 for the PS5 Digital Edition, 6,971,143 for Switch Lite, 20,300,076 for the original Switch and 9,581,668 for the Switch OLED.

On the software chart, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream for Switch was the top seller with 64,899 copies for the week and a cumulative 1,206,548 units. Yoshi and the Mysterious Book for Switch 2 debuted at number two with 39,661 copies. Pokémon Pokopia for Switch 2 sold 22,821 units, bringing its lifetime total to 1,024,285. Mario Kart World for Switch 2 sold 13,699 copies for a lifetime total of 2,952,208. Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn Edition entered at number five with 11,603 units. Additional top-ten entries were Pokémon Legends: Z-A (5,706 weekly; 1,128,749 lifetime), Minecraft (3,488 weekly; 4,211,082 lifetime), Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Switch 2 (3,316 weekly; 123,414 lifetime on that edition), Super Mario Party Jamboree for Switch 2 (2,900 weekly; 199,883 lifetime) and Kirby Air Riders for Switch 2 (2,866 weekly; 533,134 lifetime).

The week-to-week hardware increase, from about 218,000 to 247,880 units, coincided with a domestic price adjustment that took effect May 25. A regional price increase for additional markets is scheduled for September 1. The reported figures cover a single seven-day period and include both weekly and cumulative lifetime sales for the listed hardware and software.